Bad Magic

Here are a few videos of magic... failing.

1. This first one, the illusionist exposes his effect. I don't know what is worse- messing up, or messing up and denying it.


2. Illusionist Ed Alonzo accidently drops the levitation. I like Alonzo. He was recently written up in Magic Magazine for getting the magic gig with Britney Spears. Moral: Mistakes happen.


3. The infamous Cannon Duck- this is clip from Britain's got talent. Moral: If it can go wrong, it will.


I have learned though, that we cannot always trust the editing that these talent shows do. Case in point: Dan Stapleton is one of the best, hardk working magicians around. He went on American's got Talent, and they chopped up his audition to make it look like he was a hack. Not good.

No one is innocent of making mistakes. When I was the house magician at Casa Bonita in Denver I was doing my linking ring routine (which I learned from Dai Vernon's routine), for some reason the key ring snapped off and went into the audience. I picked it up and showed it, saying, "That's the last time I buy rings with cheap welding."